Re: Recommended Install Order

>Have you considered using two separate INFORMIXDIRs - one for the >server, and a separate one for the tools? This obviates the install >order issue - you install the tools in whatever order you like in >their INFORMIXDIR, and IDS in its own separate INFORMIXDIR. Then what about the INFORMIXDIR environment var? One would then have to set it every time, depending on what one purposed to do during a specific user session, right? -- David Grove - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - "I think not," said Descartes, and disappeared.

David E. Grove wrote: >>Have you considered using two separate INFORMIXDIRs - one for the >>server, and a separate one for the tools? This obviates the install >>order issue - you install the tools in whatever order you like in >>their INFORMIXDIR, and IDS in its own separate INFORMIXDIR. > > > > Then what about the INFORMIXDIR environment var? One would then have to set > it every time, depending on what one purposed to do during a specific user > session, right? > > No, you could just always set it to the install dir of the development tools, except when you want to run IDS tools like onstat. Even that would work if the tool version is later than the IDS version so that the message files would be compatible. You would just have to install a copy or link to sqlhosts file in both directories or use INFORMIXSQLHOSTS to point to the path where the file lives always if you only want to have one location for all. Art S. Kagel